Global business editor Kathleen Deveny's last day at the
magazine is Oct. 29.

Deputy editor Julia Baird has resigned.

Staff writer Nancy Cook has left for a job at Fast Company.

Washington bureau staff writer Suzanne Smalley has officially
resigned following an extended maternity leave and is now working
with The Atlantic's conference business.

Former business editor David Jefferson has returned as a
general editor.

The contract for Number 17, the firm behind Newsweek's poorly
received May 2009 redesign, has ended.

Dozens of Newsweek staffers have resigned since the magazine,
recently purchased for $1 plus liabilities by 92-year-old former
stereo magnate Sidney Harman, was put up for sale in May. Among
the departed are high profile bylines including Fareed Zakaria and Dan Gross, as well as editor-in-chief Jon
Meacham.

Pressure for Harman to name a successor to Meacham is mounting.
He nearly found one in Daily Beast editrix Tina Brown, whose
stature in the magazine world could have elevated Newsweek's
profile. But it seems like it's back to square one now that the
Daily Beast talks are kaput.

The New York Post's Keith Kelly hears that Harman approached Kaplan -- who is
now the editorial director of Fairchild Fashion Group
-- as well as New York magazine editor-in-chief Adam Moss, but
neither took the bait. WWD's Koblin, meanwhile, reports that Sports Illustrated editor Terry
McDonnell is in the running.

Newsweek, for its part, has taken the editor search over to
Tumblr, where it announced on Monday: "We don’t know
about the powers-that-be, but the NWK Tumblr will be accepting
resumes ... we’re serious. In 2 sentences or less, why should you
be editor of Newsweek? nwktumblr@gmail.com. Bring it."